Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Juridical Methods and Law Theory Issues
Course Code
JF_382
Branch of Science
Law; Theory and History of Rights
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Juridical Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Jānis Neimanis
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to independently and methodically address legal problems by identifying the applicable sources of law and legal rules, selecting and justifying the appropriate legal methods, interpreting and applying legal norms to the facts of a particular case, and formulating a legally reasoned conclusion.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic knowledge of law
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.After completing the course, I have gained theoretical and practical knowledge such as: - evaluate and justify the methodological structure of solving a legal problem, the sequence of methodological steps and interdependence; - evaluate and justify the methodology for finding and selecting applicable legal norms and the interrelationships of several applicable legal norms; - evaluate, compare and justify the possible interpretation results of a legal norm, using appropriate interpretation criteria and arguments; - evaluate and justify the concretization of indefinite legal concepts and the limits of their application; - evaluate and justify the existence of a gap and the prerequisites and method for filling it; - criticize and restructure legal argumentation, identifying methodological errors, evaluating their impact on the legal conclusion and justifying a methodologically more correct solution path.
Skills
1.After completing the course, I am able to: - formulate and structure a legal problem, identifying the legally significant factual and legal issues for its solution and determining the methodological sequence of their solution; - find, select and justify the sources of law and legal norms applicable to the specific legal problem, checking their validity, applicability and mutual relationships; - formulate the problem of interpreting a legal norm, develop and compare interpretation options and justify the chosen interpretation result; - specify undefined legal concepts and reasonably apply them to the specific factual circumstances of the case; - identify a gap in the law, select and apply an appropriate method for filling it and justify the obtained legal solution; - perform subsumption and formulate a legally justified conclusion arising from the legal norm and the established factual circumstances; - develop, critically evaluate, restructure and defend legal argumentation, identifying methodological errors, comparing alternative solutions and reasonably reviewing my initial legal position.
Competences
1.After completing the course, I have gained the following competencies: - independently choose a methodological approach appropriate to the nature of the legal problem and take responsibility for the legal justification of the choice made; - make and defend a well-founded legal decision in a situation where several methodologically defensible solutions are possible, being aware of the limits and alternatives of the chosen solution; - critically reflect on my legal thinking and revise my legal position if counterarguments or new legally significant information reveal its methodological unfoundedness.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Independent preparation and work in seminars |
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Examination
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Interim test – methodological problems/case solution |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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The student solves a practical case/problem, applies several of the legal methods covered in the course, and provides reasoned justification for the conclusions reached. |
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Final exam: theoretical knowledge |
20.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Assessment of theoretical knowledge, evaluating whether the student understands the nature of legal methods, the prerequisites for their application, and the boundaries between different methods. |
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Final test: practical case study |
40.00% from total grade
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10 points
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The student solves a practical case/problem, applies several of the legal methods covered in the course, and provides reasoned justification for the conclusions reached. |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Application of Law through Subsumption
Description
Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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Application of Law through Subsumption
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Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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Application of Law through Subsumption
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Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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The Importance of Understanding the Law. Sources of Law and Identification of the Applicable Legal Norm
Description
How important is the understanding of law in the legal methodology? Sources of law, legal norms and normative texts. Written and unwritten law. Legislation, customary law and general principles of law. The methodological relevance of case law and legal scholarship. Identification and reconstruction of legal norms from normative texts. Finding the potentially applicable legal norm in a particular case. |
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The Importance of Understanding the Law. Sources of Law and Identification of the Applicable Legal Norm
Description
How important is the understanding of law in the legal methodology? Sources of law, legal norms and normative texts. Written and unwritten law. Legislation, customary law and general principles of law. The methodological relevance of case law and legal scholarship. Identification and reconstruction of legal norms from normative texts. Finding the potentially applicable legal norm in a particular case. |
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The Importance of Understanding the Law. Sources of Law and Identification of the Applicable Legal Norm
Description
How important is the understanding of law in the legal methodology? Sources of law, legal norms and normative texts. Written and unwritten law. Legislation, customary law and general principles of law. The methodological relevance of case law and legal scholarship. Identification and reconstruction of legal norms from normative texts. Finding the potentially applicable legal norm in a particular case. |
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Validity and Applicability of Legal Norms
Description
Formal and substantive validity of legal norms. Competence, procedure and form. Temporal, territorial and personal scope of legal norms. Intertemporal law and retroactivity. Distinction between validity and applicability. Concurrent and conflicting legal norms. Apparent and genuine conflicts of norms. Lex superior derogat legi inferiori, lex specialis derogat legi generali and lex posterior derogat legi priori. Primacy of EU law. |
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Validity and Applicability of Legal Norms
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Formal and substantive validity of legal norms. Competence, procedure and form. Temporal, territorial and personal scope of legal norms. Intertemporal law and retroactivity. Distinction between validity and applicability. Concurrent and conflicting legal norms. Apparent and genuine conflicts of norms. Lex superior derogat legi inferiori, lex specialis derogat legi generali and lex posterior derogat legi priori. Primacy of EU law. |
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
Description
The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
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The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
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The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
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The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Limits and Specific Techniques of Legal Interpretation
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Limits of interpretation and the limits imposed by the wording. Restrictive and extensive interpretation. Subjective and objective theories of interpretation. Dynamic interpretation. Constitution-conforming interpretation. EU-law-consistent and directive-conforming interpretation. The boundary between interpretation and judicial development of law. |
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Limits and Specific Techniques of Legal Interpretation
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Limits of interpretation and the limits imposed by the wording. Restrictive and extensive interpretation. Subjective and objective theories of interpretation. Dynamic interpretation. Constitution-conforming interpretation. EU-law-consistent and directive-conforming interpretation. The boundary between interpretation and judicial development of law. |
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Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
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Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
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Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
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Auditorium
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Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study room
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2
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Topics
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Application of Law through Subsumption
Description
Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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The Importance of Understanding the Law. Sources of Law and Identification of the Applicable Legal Norm
Description
How important is the understanding of law in the legal methodology? Sources of law, legal norms and normative texts. Written and unwritten law. Legislation, customary law and general principles of law. The methodological relevance of case law and legal scholarship. Identification and reconstruction of legal norms from normative texts. Finding the potentially applicable legal norm in a particular case. |
|
Validity and Applicability of Legal Norms
Description
Formal and substantive validity of legal norms. Competence, procedure and form. Temporal, territorial and personal scope of legal norms. Intertemporal law and retroactivity. Distinction between validity and applicability. Concurrent and conflicting legal norms. Apparent and genuine conflicts of norms. Lex superior derogat legi inferiori, lex specialis derogat legi generali and lex posterior derogat legi priori. Primacy of EU law. |
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Study room
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2
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Topics
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Application of Law through Subsumption
Description
Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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The Importance of Understanding the Law. Sources of Law and Identification of the Applicable Legal Norm
Description
How important is the understanding of law in the legal methodology? Sources of law, legal norms and normative texts. Written and unwritten law. Legislation, customary law and general principles of law. The methodological relevance of case law and legal scholarship. Identification and reconstruction of legal norms from normative texts. Finding the potentially applicable legal norm in a particular case. |
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Application of Law through Subsumption
Description
Application of law as a methodologically structured process. Legal issue. Structure of legal norm. Logical scheme of application of law. The legal syllogism. Structure of the factual conditions and legal consequences of a legal norm. Identification of the constituent elements of a legal norm. Selection of legally relevant facts and their legal qualification. Simple and evaluative subsumption. Intermediate conclusions. Common errors in subsumption. |
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Validity and Applicability of Legal Norms
Description
Formal and substantive validity of legal norms. Competence, procedure and form. Temporal, territorial and personal scope of legal norms. Intertemporal law and retroactivity. Distinction between validity and applicability. Concurrent and conflicting legal norms. Apparent and genuine conflicts of norms. Lex superior derogat legi inferiori, lex specialis derogat legi generali and lex posterior derogat legi priori. Primacy of EU law. |
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Lecture
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On site
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Study room
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2
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Topics
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
Description
The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Limits and Specific Techniques of Legal Interpretation
Description
Limits of interpretation and the limits imposed by the wording. Restrictive and extensive interpretation. Subjective and objective theories of interpretation. Dynamic interpretation. Constitution-conforming interpretation. EU-law-consistent and directive-conforming interpretation. The boundary between interpretation and judicial development of law. |
|
Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Topics
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Interpretation of Legal Norms: Classical Methods of Interpretation
Description
The object and purpose of legal interpretation. Distinction between normative text and legal norm. Literal/grammatical, systematic, historical and teleological interpretation (Wortlaut, Systematik, Historie, Telos). Legislative materials. Relationship between the methods of interpretation. Justification of interpretative conclusions. |
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Limits and Specific Techniques of Legal Interpretation
Description
Limits of interpretation and the limits imposed by the wording. Restrictive and extensive interpretation. Subjective and objective theories of interpretation. Dynamic interpretation. Constitution-conforming interpretation. EU-law-consistent and directive-conforming interpretation. The boundary between interpretation and judicial development of law. |
|
Indeterminate Legal Concepts, General Clauses and Legal Concretisation
Description
Indeterminate legal concepts, evaluative concepts and general clauses. Degrees of normative indeterminacy. Concretisation of general clauses. The role of general principles of law, case law and social evaluations in giving concrete content to open-textured norms. Simple and evaluative subsumption. |
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Study room
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Topics
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
|
Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
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Gaps in the Law and Judicial Development of Law
Description
Gaps in the law and judicial development of law. Identification and classification of legal gaps. Initial and subsequent, conscious and unconscious, open and hidden gaps. Unintended incompleteness of legislation. Statutory analogy and analogy of law. Teleological reduction. Argumentum e contrario and argumentum a fortiori. Methodological and constitutional limits of judicial development of law. |
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Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
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Legal Argumentation and the Resolution of Methodologically Complex Cases
Description
Structure of legal arguments. Types and relative weight of legal arguments. Argumentum a contrario, argumentum a fortiori and argumentum ad absurdum. Analogical, systematic and teleological reasoning. Weighing conflicting interpretative arguments. Use of case law and the authority of precedent. Argumentation based on general principles of law and conflicts between principles. Methodologically justified choice between competing legal solutions. |
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Juridisko metožu mācība : astoņi soļi tiesību normu piemērošanā : autoru kolektīvs D.Rezevskas vad., Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2025, 255 lpp.
2.
Lenartss K., Gutjeress-Fonss H.A. Eiropas Savienības Tiesas interpretācijas metodes. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2022, 224 lpp.
3.
Neimanis J. Ievads tiesībās. Rīga: zv.adv. J. Neimanis, 2004.
4.
Neimanis J. Tiesību tālākveidošana. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2006, 183 lpp.
5.
Onževs M. Tiesību normu laika aspekti tiesiskā un demokrātiskā valstī. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2016
6.
Pleps J. Satversmes iztulkošana. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2012, 288 lpp.
7.
Rezevska, Daiga. Vispārējo tiesību principu nozīme un piemērošana. 2. izdevums, atkārtots un papildināts. red. Rīga : autora izdevums, 2015. 175 lpp.
8.
Sniedzīte G. Tiesnešu tiesības. Jēdziens un nozīme Latvijas tiesību avotu doktrīnā. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2013. 368 lpp.
Additional Reading
1.
Tiesību teorija un juridiskās metodes. Jurista vārds grāmatžurnāls. 2024. 12.novembris, Nr.46/47
2.
Meļķisis E. Latvijas tiesiskās sistēmas ceļš uz demokrātisku tiesisku valsti. Rakstu krājums. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2014.
3.
Juridiskās metodes pamati. 11 soļi tiesību normu piemērošanā: Rakstu krājums, E.Meļķiša zinātniskā redakcijā. Rīga: BO SIA "Ratio iuris", 2003, 249 lpp.
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